> -----Original Message----- > From: Roman Kagan [mailto:rkagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:57 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>; Radim Krčmář > <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>; Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>; Thomas > Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>; H. Peter > Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>; x86@xxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang > <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Denis V . Lunev > <den@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] hyperv: more stuff to uapi + cleanup > > [ Sorry for such a slow reply; flu and office relocation knocked me out > for a while ] > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 06:00:17PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Roman Kagan [mailto:rkagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 7:56 AM > > > Subject: [PATCH 00/15] hyperv: more stuff to uapi + cleanup > > > > > > Expose more Hyper-V-related definitions in the uapi header for > > > consumption by userspace. > > > > > > While doing so, get rid of a number of duplications between the KVM and > > > the guest driver code. Also a few other cleanups are made which are not > > > strictly necessary for the main purpose of the series but appear > > > reasonable to do at the same time. > > > > > > The most controversial is the last patch which modifies the stuff > > > already published in the uapi header, in the hope that no userspace > > > applications have started relying on it; I'm ok dropping it if this is > > > unacceptable. > > > > First, let me thank you. Broadly, this patch-set can be broken into > > 1. Moving existing definitions around - (to make it possible to share these > > between Hyper-V guest drivers and KVM) > > 2. Cleanup of the existing code in the VMBUS driver (under drivers/hv). > > Right. Another significant part of the series is, where two sets of > definitions exist for the same entity, consolidate on the one that looks > more Linux-style, usually the one in the (currently) uapi header. > > > To the extent possible, I want to take all non-KVM code through Greg's > tree. > > We can then modify the KVM code to use these common definitions. > > Well, this patchset touches almost no KVM code, so we're fine here I > think. > > > Currently, I too am working on restructuring VMBUS driver code to > > fully isolate all x86 dependencies. I can work with you on > > integration as I too am moving things around. > > Great! Do you want me to rebase on some your public tree? (Once I > split the patches as you requested, of course)? I just sent out the patches that I have been working on. These are based on Greg's char-misc tree. I do have a bunch of patches in flight that have not been checked in yet. Sorry, I don't have a public tree I can point you to. I will work with you and coordinate our work here. Happy New Year! K. Y -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
